Re: vnet(4) memory leak

2016-03-20 Thread Mark Kettenis
> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 14:15:47 +0100 > From: Stefan Sperling > > A sparc64 machine of mine crashes every few weeks because the kernel > runs out of memory. > > The crash usually happens in a malloc call in the vnet(4) ioctl code path. > I have a cronjob which downs/up vnet

vnet(4) memory leak

2016-03-19 Thread Stefan Sperling
A sparc64 machine of mine crashes every few weeks because the kernel runs out of memory. The crash usually happens in a malloc call in the vnet(4) ioctl code path. I have a cronjob which downs/up vnet interfaces in case they get stuck in OACTIVE (another bug which, AFAIK, is not solved yet). So